Improvement in reversible latches for cupboards



C. F. HERRIGK.

Reversible Latches for Cupboards, &e.

No. 166,368. PatentedAug. 3,1875.

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CHARLES F. HERRIOK, OF INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN REVERSIBLE LATCHES FOR CUPBOARDS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,368, dated August3, 1875; application filed June 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. O. F. HERRIGK, of Independence, in the county ofBuchanan and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cupboard-Latches; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the novel construction andarrangement of a reversible latch for cupboards, show-cases, and otherarticles, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure l is a front view of a door and .doorframe with my reversiblelatch attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the samethrough the line 00 00, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is an interior view of thelatch-case, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a part thereof.

A represents a frame, to one side of which the door B is hinged. On thefront of the door, at the outer edge, is secured a plate, 0, providedwith a knob, D. On the door-frame A, adjoining this plate, is secured alatchcase, E. G represents the latch, the inner end of which is madecurved and beveled, and the outer end weighted, as shown. This latch isplaced on the outside of the case E, and by a rivet, a, connected with aplate, b, on the inside, said rivet passing through a slot, 6, in thecase. The plate?) is made triangular in form, with rounded corners, andwhen the latch hangs in its natural position the long side of the plateis against the outer edge of the case. In each of the top and bottomcorners of the plate is a hole, as, and into the upper hole of the-plateis inserted a pin, y, which projects from one end of a plate or bar, d,the other or upper end of which is fastened by the top screw thatfastens the case to the door-frame, the case being secured thereto byone screw at the top and another atthe bottom, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that the latch is suspended from the plate or bard, and can be used either on the right or left side, as required, bysimply changing the suspendingplate to the other corner of thetriangular plate I). The plate I) need not necessarily be triangular,but simply of such form as will best answer the purpose and cover theslot t in the case, which is made irregular to allow the latch to swing,whichever side of the case is at the top.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the latch G and latch-case E, of the plate I),fastened by means of a rivet, a, to the latch, and provided with holesas x, and the suspending-plate d, provided with the pin y, allsubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES F. HERRIGK.

Witnesses GEORGE SAUE BIER, D. W. BRUGKART.

